§6321 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

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Employees of Executive agencies who are veterans of a war or of a campaign with an authorized campaign badge, or who belong to veterans’ honor or ceremonial groups, may be excused from work without losing pay or using annual leave for up to 4 hours in one day. The time is to serve as a pallbearer, firing squad member, or guard of honor at the funeral of an armed forces member returned from abroad for final burial in the United States.

Title 5, §6321

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An employee in or under an Executive agency who is a veteran of a war, or of a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, or a member of an honor or ceremonial group of an organization of those veterans, may be excused from duty without loss of pay or deduction from annual leave for the time necessary, not to exceed 4 hours in any one day, to enable him to participate as an active pallbearer or as a member of a firing squad or a guard of honor in a funeral ceremony for a member of the armed forces whose remains are returned from abroad for final interment in the United States.

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DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 30q.Aug. 16, 1949, ch. 441, 63 Stat. 608.July 17, 1952, ch. 932, § 1, 66 Stat. 758. The words “Executive agency” are coextensive with and substituted for “executive branch of the Government” in view of the definition of “Executive agency” in section 105. Applicability to the General Accounting Office is based on former section 933a. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

§6321 Absence of Veterans to Attend Funeral Services

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Title 5, §6321

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